Mergen Surname
Approximately 9,129 people bear this surname
Mergen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 4,320 | 1:18,014 | 2,168 |
| United States | 1,309 | 1:276,898 | 25,875 |
| Brazil | 804 | 1:266,262 | 10,260 |
| Germany | 723 | 1:111,349 | 13,719 |
| Luxembourg | 430 | 1:1,350 | 133 |
| France | 375 | 1:177,127 | 27,609 |
| Kazakhstan | 334 | 1:52,942 | 6,739 |
| Argentina | 270 | 1:158,309 | 13,344 |
| Mongolia | 129 | 1:21,901 | 2,442 |
| Russia | 106 | 1:1,359,651 | 95,867 |
| Belgium | 65 | 1:176,871 | 23,883 |
| Turkmenistan | 65 | 1:84,448 | 1,659 |
| Israel | 36 | 1:237,712 | 22,042 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Northern Cyprus | 17 | 1:18,765 | 4,655 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
Mergen (48,706) may also be a first name.
Mergen Demographics
Average Mergen Salary in
United States
$49,446 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mergen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mergen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mergen (Russian: Мерген) is most common in Turkey. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mergen? popularity and diffusion
Mergen is the 55,621st most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 798,285 people. The surname Mergen occurs mostly in Asia, where 46 percent of Mergen live; 39 percent live in West Asia and 39 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 18,944th most common forename in the world It is held by 48,706 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 4,320 people, or 1 in 18,014. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found, Denizli Province, where 11 percent are found and Mus Province, where 8 percent are found. Besides Turkey this last name occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Brazil, where 9 percent are found.
Mergen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mergen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mergen surname rose 1,577 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mergen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Buddhist (100%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those holding the Mergen last name are 5.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.25% registered with the political party.
The amount Mergen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 34.92% less than the national average, earning $14,774,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.59% more than the national average, earning $49,446 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.81% more than the national average, earning $57,536 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mergen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mergen in the Russian language | ||
| Мерген | mergen | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mergen
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